Warn Them Off
A monitoring plane informed them that two Libyan aircraft were flying to the air from Al-Bumba airport. And they received a warning no sooner than the plane displayed on the radars. It was 72 miles, and it was closed down. The Tomcats won a radar lock: the conventional means of warning the Libyans against it.
Warn Them Off
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It’s Not Enough
It would often be sufficient to stop the clash, but today it would not. The Tomcats shouted down to 8,000 feet in the footsteps of their enemies. You got between the bad guys and the fleet. Now the 2 aircraft started to move, with the Libyans moving toward the Tomcats.
It’s Not Enough
